Name Report For First Name ADEN:

ADEN

First name ADEN's origin is Unknown. ADEN means "variant of aiden". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ADEN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of aden.(Brown names are of the same origin (Unknown) with ADEN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ADEN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ADEN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ADEN AS A WHOLE:

adena cadenza yspaddaden braden vaden adene adenne caden cadencia kadence madena sharaden bradene garaden graden haden jaden kaden kaden-scott micaden paden ricadene tiladene zaden cadence cadena ysbaddaden

NAMES RHYMING WITH ADEN (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (den) - Names That Ends with den:

arden camden eden jaiden linden aiden alden auden ayden barden blagden boden boyden braeden braiden branden brenden broden cayden culloden driden elden golden halden hamden hayden holden huntingden jaeden jayden jorden kaeden kaiden kamden kanden kayden landen layden louden madden marden oakden ogden payden selden shauden shelden walden warden worden zaiden den tilden harden hadden dryden belden varden bowden borden iden lunden woden amsden marsden ramsden royden snowden brayden

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (en) - Names That Ends with en:

cwen guendolen raven coleen helen hien huyen quyen tien tuyen yen aren essien mekonnen shaheen yameen kadeen kailoken nascien bingen evnissyen lairgnen nisien hoben christiansen jorgen joren espen adeben akhenaten amen

NAMES RHYMING WITH ADEN (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ade) - Names That Begins with ade:

ade adeela adeen adel adela adelaide adelajda adelbert adele adelhard adelheid adelheide adelia adelina adelinda adeline adelisa adelise adelita adella adelle adelpha adelynn adelyte adeola aderet aderrig adetoun adette

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ad) - Names That Begins with ad:

ada adah adahy adair adaira adairia adal adalard adalb adalbeorht adalbert adalbrechta adalene adalgar adalgisa adalhard adalheida adali adalia adalicia adalie adaliz adalric adalrik adalson adalwen adalwin adalwine adalwolf adalwolfa adalyn adam adama adamina adamnan adamson adan adana adanech adanna adar adara adare adda addam addaneye addergoole addie addilynn addis addisen addison addney addo addula addy addyson adham adhamh adharma adhiambo adi adia adianna adib adiba adibe adiella adil adila adilah

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ADEN:

First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'n':

aahan aaralyn aaron aban abarron abban abbotson abbudin abdalrahman abdiraxman abdul-muhaimin abdul-rahman abedabun abeodan abhainn ablendan abooksigun abran abrecan accalon acennan achan acheron ackerman actaeon acteon acwellen adin adiran adken adkyn adnan adon adoracion adorjan adriaan adrian adrien adrion adron adwin aedon aekerman aesclin aesctun aescwyn aeshan aeson aethelbeorn aethelisdun aethelstan aethelstun aetheston aethretun afton agamemnon agiefan agoston agravain agrican aguistin agustin agyfen ahearn aheawan ahebban aherin ahern ahreddan ahren ahriman aibhlin aidan aidann aideen aidrian aiekin aiken aikin ailean aileen ailein ailen ailin ailison ain airrin aislin aislinn aislynn aiston aitan akin al-asfan aladdin alafin alain alan alanson albern

English Words Rhyming ADEN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ADEN AS A WHOLE:

adenalgianoun (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy

adenalgynoun (n.) Pain in a gland.

adeniformadjective (a.) Shaped like a gland; adenoid.

adenitisnoun (n.) Glandular inflammation.

adenographicadjective (a.) Pertaining to adenography.

adenographynoun (n.) That part of anatomy which describes the glands.

adenoidnoun (n.) A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in pl.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Adenoidal

adenoidaladjective (a.) Glandlike; glandular.

adenologicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to adenology.

adenologynoun (n.) The part of physiology that treats of the glands.

adenophorousadjective (a.) Producing glands.

adenophyllousadjective (a.) Having glands on the leaves.

adenoseadjective (a.) Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.

adenotomicadjective (a.) Pertaining to adenotomy.

adenotomynoun (n.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.

adenousadjective (a.) Same as Adenose.

adenomanoun (n.) A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement of a gland.

adenopathynoun (n.) Disease of a gland.

adenosclerosisnoun (n.) The hardening of a gland.

breadenadjective (a.) Made of bread.

broadeningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Broaden

broadenadjective (a.) To grow broad; to become broader or wider.
 verb (v. t.) To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.

cadencenoun (n.) The act or state of declining or sinking.
 noun (n.) A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
 noun (n.) A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
 noun (n.) Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
 noun (n.) See Cadency.
 noun (n.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.
 noun (n.) A uniform time and place in marching.
 noun (n.) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.
 noun (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
 verb (v. t.) To regulate by musical measure.

cadencynoun (n.) Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.

cadenenoun (n.) A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant.

cadentadjective (a.) Falling.

cadenzanoun (n.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.

deadeningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deaden

deadenadjective (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
 adjective (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
 adjective (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
 adjective (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
 verb (v. t.) To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.

deadenernoun (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

decadencenoun (n.) Alt. of Decadency

decadencynoun (n.) A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence."

decadentnoun (n.) One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers.
 adjective (a.) Decaying; deteriorating.

demicadencenoun (n.) An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note.

enteradenographynoun (n.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.

enteradenologynoun (n.) The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.

gladennoun (n.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima.

ladenadjective (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.

leadenadjective (a.) Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.
 adjective (a.) Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
 adjective (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish.

leucadendronnoun (n.) A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists.

linguadentalnoun (n.) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.
 adjective (a.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t.

lymphadenitisnoun (n.) Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.

lymphadenomanoun (n.) See Lymphoma.

manhadennoun (n.) See Menhaden.

menhadennoun (n.) An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc.

recadencynoun (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.

threadenadjective (a.) Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ADEN (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (den) - English Words That Ends with den:


bedennoun (n.) The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.

beholdenadjective (p. a.) Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
  (p. p.) of Behold

boundenadjective (p. p & a.) Bound; fastened by bonds.
 adjective (p. p & a.) Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden.
 adjective (p. p & a.) Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding.
  () of Bind

burdennoun (n.) That which is borne or carried; a load.
 noun (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
 noun (n.) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
 noun (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
 noun (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
 noun (n.) A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
 noun (n.) A birth.
 noun (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer.
 noun (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
 noun (n.) A club.
 verb (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
 verb (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
 verb (v. t.) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).

churchwardennoun (n.) One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.
 noun (n.) A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube.

cuddennoun (n.) A clown; a low rustic; a dolt.
 noun (n.) The coalfish. See 3d Cuddy.

dennoun (n.) A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.
 noun (n.) A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice.
 noun (n.) Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone.
 noun (n.) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
 verb (v. i.) To live in, or as in, a den.

downtroddenadjective (a.) Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.

edennoun (n.) The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.

faburdennoun (n.) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
 noun (n.) A succession of chords of the sixth.
 noun (n.) A monotonous refrain.

fieldenadjective (a.) Consisting of fields.

firewardennoun (n.) An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also fireward.

forbiddenadjective (a.) Prohibited; interdicted.
  (p. p.) of Forbid

gardennoun (n.) A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
 noun (n.) A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
 verb (v. i.) To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture.
 verb (v. t.) To cultivate as a garden.

gildenadjective (a.) Gilded.

goldenadjective (a.) Made of gold; consisting of gold.
 adjective (a.) Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
 adjective (a.) Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions.

gowdenadjective (a.) Golden.

guldennoun (n.) See Guilder.

handmaidennoun (n.) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

hiddenadjective (p. p. & a.) from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.
  (p. p.) of Hide

hoidennoun (n.) A rude, clownish youth.
 noun (n.) A rude, bold girl; a romp.
 adjective (a.) Rustic; rude; bold.
 verb (v. i.) To romp rudely or indecently.

hoydennoun (n.) Same as Hoiden.

hurdennoun (n.) A coarse kind of linen; -- called also harden.

jordennoun (n.) A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists.
 noun (n.) A chamber pot.

ledennoun (n.) Alt. of Ledden

leddennoun (n.) Language; speech; voice; cry.

lindennoun (n.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.
 noun (n.) In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.

lydennoun (n.) See Leden.

lyndennoun (n.) See Linden.

maidennoun (n.) An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
 noun (n.) A female servant.
 noun (n.) An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
 noun (n.) A machine for washing linen.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
 adjective (a.) Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.
 adjective (a.) Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
 adjective (a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
 verb (v. t.) To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.

middennoun (n.) A dunghill.
 noun (n.) An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens.

muckmiddennoun (n.) A dunghill.

oldenadjective (a.) Old; ancient; as, the olden time.
 verb (v. i.) To grow old; to age.

overburdennoun (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
 verb (v. t.) To load with too great weight or too much care, etc.

reddenadjective (a.) To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.
 verb (v. i.) To grow or become red; to blush.

reedenadjective (a.) Consisting of a reed or reeds.

suddennoun (n.) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
 adjective (a.) Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy.
 adjective (a.) Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
 adjective (a.) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
 adverb (adv.) Suddenly; unexpectedly.

unbiddenadjective (a.) Not bidden; not commanded.
 adjective (a.) Uninvited; as, unbidden guests.
 adjective (a.) Being without a prayer.

unyoldenadjective (a.) Not yielded.

wardennoun (n.) A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
 noun (n.) An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
 noun (n.) A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
 noun (n.) A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.

wealdennoun (n.) The Wealden group or strata.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oolitic series.

wodennoun (n.) A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin.

woodenadjective (a.) Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.
 adjective (a.) Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ADEN (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ade) - Words That Begins with ade:


adelantadillonoun (n.) A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.

adelantadonoun (n.) A governor of a province; a commander.

adelasternoun (n.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

adelingnoun (n.) Same as Atheling.

adelocodonicadjective (a.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.

adelopodnoun (n.) An animal having feet that are not apparent.

adelphianoun (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

adelphousadjective (a.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.

ademptionnoun (n.) The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like.

adepsnoun (n.) Animal fat; lard.

adeptnoun (n.) One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
 adjective (a.) Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.

adeptionadjective (a.) An obtaining; attainment.

adeptistnoun (n.) A skilled alchemist.

adeptnessnoun (n.) The quality of being adept; skill.

adequacynoun (n.) The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.

adequateadjective (a.) Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.
 adjective (a.) To equalize; to make adequate.
 adjective (a.) To equal.

adequatenessnoun (n.) The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

adequationnoun (n.) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.

adesmynoun (n.) The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.

adessenariannoun (n.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ADEN:

English Words which starts with 'a' and ends with 'n':

abacinationnoun (n.) The act of abacinating.

abactionnoun (n.) Stealing cattle on a large scale.

abaddonnoun (n.) The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.
 noun (n.) Hell; the bottomless pit.

abalienationnoun (n.) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.

abandonnoun (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
 verb (v. t.) To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
 verb (v. t.) To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
 verb (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
 verb (v. t.) To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
 verb (v.) Abandonment; relinquishment.

abannationnoun (n.) Alt. of Abannition

abannitionnoun (n.) Banishment.

abarticulationnoun (n.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.

abbreviationnoun (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing.
 noun (n.) The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
 noun (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.
 noun (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.

abderianadjective (a.) Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.

abdicationnoun (n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

abdomennoun (n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
 noun (n.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

abductionnoun (n.) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
 noun (n.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
 noun (n.) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
 noun (n.) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

abecedariannoun (n.) One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
 noun (n.) One engaged in teaching the alphabet.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Abecedary

abeliannoun (n.) Alt. of Abelonian

abeloniannoun (n.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

aberrationnoun (n.) The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.
 noun (n.) A partial alienation of reason.
 noun (n.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4", and in the latter, to 0.3". Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth.
 noun (n.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.
 noun (n.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.
 noun (n.) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.

abevacuationnoun (n.) A partial evacuation.

abietinnoun (n.) Alt. of Abietine

abirritationnoun (n.) A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.

abjectionnoun (n.) The act of bringing down or humbling.
 noun (n.) The state of being rejected or cast out.
 noun (n.) A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

abjudicationnoun (n.) Rejection by judicial sentence.

abjurationnoun (n.) The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.
 noun (n.) A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.

ablactationnoun (n.) The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.
 noun (n.) The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.

ablaqueationnoun (n.) The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.

ablationnoun (n.) A carrying or taking away; removal.
 noun (n.) Extirpation.
 noun (n.) Wearing away; superficial waste.

ablegationnoun (n.) The act of sending abroad.

abliguritionnoun (n.) Prodigal expense for food.

ablutionnoun (n.) The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
 noun (n.) The water used in cleansing.
 noun (n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.

abluvionnoun (n.) That which is washed off.

abnegationnoun (n.) a denial; a renunciation.

abnodationnoun (n.) The act of cutting away the knots of trees.

abolitionnoun (n.) The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

abominationnoun (n.) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
 noun (n.) That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
 noun (n.) A cause of pollution or wickedness.

abortionnoun (n.) The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.
 noun (n.) The immature product of an untimely birth.
 noun (n.) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
 noun (n.) Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion.

abrasionnoun (n.) The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
 noun (n.) The substance rubbed off.
 noun (n.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.

abrenunciationnoun (n.) Absolute renunciation or repudiation.

abreptionnoun (n.) A snatching away.

abrogationnoun (n.) The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.

abruptionnoun (n.) A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

abscessionnoun (n.) A separating; removal; also, an abscess.

abscisionnoun (n.) See Abscission.

abscissionnoun (n.) The act or process of cutting off.
 noun (n.) The state of being cut off.
 noun (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."

absentationnoun (n.) The act of absenting one's self.

absinthiannoun (n.) Of the nature of wormwood.

absinthinnoun (n.) The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).

absolutionnoun (n.) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
 noun (n.) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent.
 noun (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.
 noun (n.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.
 noun (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
 noun (n.) Delivery, in speech.

absorbitionnoun (n.) Absorption.

absorptionnoun (n.) The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.
 noun (n.) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
 noun (n.) In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
 noun (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

abstentionadjective (a.) The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.

abstersionnoun (n.) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

abstractionadjective (a.) The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.
 adjective (a.) The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.
 adjective (a.) An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.
 adjective (a.) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.
 adjective (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
 adjective (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
 adjective (a.) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.

abstrusionnoun (n.) The act of thrusting away.

absumptionnoun (n.) Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction.

abutilonnoun (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.

abyssiniannoun (n.) A native of Abyssinia.
 noun (n.) A member of the Abyssinian Church.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.

acacinnoun (n.) Alt. of Acacine

academiannoun (n.) A member of an academy, university, or college.

academiciannoun (n.) A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.
 noun (n.) A collegian.

acadiannoun (n.) A native of Acadie.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.

acalephannoun (n.) One of the Acalephae.

acanthopterygiannoun (n.) A spiny-finned fish.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.

acaridannoun (n.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.

accadianadjective (a.) Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.

accelerationnoun (n.) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation.

accensionnoun (n.) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.

accentuationnoun (n.) Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
 noun (n.) pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

acceptationnoun (n.) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
 noun (n.) The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.

acceptilationnoun (n.) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

acceptionnoun (n.) Acceptation; the received meaning.

accessionnoun (n.) A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
 noun (n.) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
 noun (n.) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
 noun (n.) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
 noun (n.) The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
 noun (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.

acclamationnoun (n.) A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
 noun (n.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
 noun (n.) In parliamentary usage, the act or method of voting orally and by groups rather than by ballot, esp. in elections;
 noun (n.) the election of a pope or other ecclesiastic by unanimous consent of the electors, without a ballot.

acclimatationnoun (n.) Acclimatization.

acclimationnoun (n.) The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.

acclimatizationnoun (n.) The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

accombinationnoun (n.) A combining together.

accommodationnoun (n.) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.
 noun (n.) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
 noun (n.) Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn.
 noun (n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
 noun (n.) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
 noun (n.) A loan of money.
 noun (n.) An accommodation bill or note.

accordionnoun (n.) A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

accreditationnoun (n.) The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.

accrementitionnoun (n.) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.

accretionnoun (n.) The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
 noun (n.) The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
 noun (n.) Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
 noun (n.) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
 noun (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
 noun (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.

accubationnoun (n.) The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

accumulationnoun (n.) The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.
 noun (n.) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.

accusationnoun (n.) The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
 noun (n.) That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.

acephalannoun (n.) Same as Acephal.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the Acephala.

acervationnoun (n.) A heaping up; accumulation.

acetificationnoun (n.) The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

acetinnoun (n.) A combination of acetic acid with glycerin.

achaeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Achaian

achaiannoun (n.) A native of Achaia; a Greek.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.

acheannoun (a & n.) See Achaean, Achaian.

acheronnoun (n.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.

achilleanadjective (a.) Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

achilles' tendonnoun (n.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

achromatinnoun (n.) Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes.

achromatizationnoun (n.) The act or process of achromatizing.

achroodextrinnoun (n.) Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.

acidificationnoun (n.) The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.

acornnoun (n.) The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
 noun (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
 noun (n.) See Acorn-shell.

acotyledonnoun (n.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.